Carriage-shift stop for type-writing machines.



E. .l Hass. l CARRIAGE SHIFT STOP F 0R TYPE WRITING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-Q9. '|914- v /m/E/vrofr EM HLW 141%?? l WITNIESSESA EDWARD B. nnss, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, AssIGNon To ROYAL TYPEW'BITER 'f coivrrANY, 1Nc., or NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OrfNEw YORK.

CARRIGE-SHIFT STOP FOR TYPE-WRITING MACHINES.

To all whom t may concern Be Ait known that I, EDWARD B. Hass, a.

citizen of the United States of America, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, inthe city of New York,.county of Kings, and State ofl New York, have invented a new and useful Carriagehift Stop for Type- VVriting Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for stopping the carriage and the associated` parts ofv a typewriting machine wheny shifted to upper position, the main object being to effect such stopping of the carriage as si-l lently as possible. rThe carriage shift frame in this. case is positively raised for upper case printing as in the Royal typewriting machine, but instead of the usual adjustable screw stops there is provided `a special application ofl a toggle-device to the shift frame which willv be hereinafter more fully described reference being made to the accompanying drawings in whichf Figure l illustrates the parts of a Royal typewriting machine to which this present invention applies. Fig. 2 shows lthe shift -frame raised with the toggle-lever stop in actlve'posltlon; and Fig. 3 is a front view of the toggle-lever stop partly in section.

The old parts of the machine shown consist of a carriage end frame el, the guideway 5 of the frOnt'lower ball bearing 6, the rear bearing rail 7, its support and guide roller-S8 carried on an extension 9 of the shift frame, the downwardly extending .arm 10 of the frame, the shift frame actuating z lever ,plate 11, parallel link-l 12 attached to arm 10 and the platen 12. The-shift frame andcarriage supported thereby are lifted' by manipnlation of the bell crank shift key 13 which, by its upwardly extending short arm 14, is connected to the lower part of the lever plate 11 by a-rod 15 that is formed with a slot acting on ajstud 16 projecting from the side ofsaid lever plate. A spring 17 raises the shift key- 13. i.

Between the-lower end of the arm 10'of the shift frame andpart 1S of the main frame is located a. toggle whose upper meinber 19 is, by a screw stud 20, connected to .f the arm 10 and whose lower member 21 1s pivotally connected to part 18 of theframe.

Specification of Letters Patent.

i Patented Jan. 9, 1917.

Application led September 9, 1914. Serial No. 860,848.

A- screw stud 4' 22 joins the two members -and constitutes the central joint of the toggle. `.The vlower .member of the-toggle 1s fitted to rock on an eccentric 23 formed fran sra'rns PATENT @ENCE 7 'i on a sleeve which is securely held against part 18 Of vthe frame by a screw 24. A bar 25 is by its forward end connected to arm 14 of shift key lever `13 by an eccentric 26 held. firmly to arm 14 by a screw 27. The

construction of this eccentricl connection may be similar to that of the connection of the toggle member 21 lto `frame 18. The rear end of bar 25 has a` fork, or open slotted bearing, 28 embracing studv 22 of the toggle central connection.V Of course, it will be understood that the eccentricl connection 23 may be applied to upper joint 20 to produce vertical adjustment. In Fig. 2 is shown one of the adjustable stops 29 upon which guide-way. 5 rests when in low position, as shown at Fig. 1,-for lower case printing. These stops are of usual construction, being screws seated in 'part 30 of the main frame and secured by lock nuts.

lVith the parts in normal position, as`4 shown in- Fig. 1, 'the depression; Of shift key 13 lifts the shift frame and carriage"J clashing of metal parts. The function of. lthe toggleisto act as a stop for the upward movement of the'shift frame and, its point of resi-stance being at the lower part -.18 of the main frame where there is least vibration, said toggle tends also to elimi-v nate noise. The function of bar 25 is to prevent overthrow and vibration of central joint 22 of the toggle, 'the arrangementfbe# ing such that the stopping end of slot `28 ofthe bar and stud 22 of the toggle travel forwardly together and they come .in con# tact at the same time that their movements cease, thus reducing to a minimum the impact of the blow .and consequently noise produced thereby. `'These parts may be accurately adjustedby eccentric 2 6 to produce the desired effect.

The eccentric 23 on which the lower member 21 of the toggle rocks provides a close adjusting means for setting the platen 12 accurately for upper case printing.A

When shift key 13 is .released and raised 1 by its spring 17, bar 25 pushes the central I as soon as .the shift joint of the toggle out of alinement to permit the shift frame and carriage to freely fall and, in so doing, to set the members of the toggle in angular position. -The slotted connection of rod 15 with plate le- .ver 1l allows bar 25 to act on stud 22 before lever ll can be moved by rod 15. The

parts may be so set and adjusted that the `upward movement thereof comprising a toggle pivotally connected at its upper end to the shift frame and at its lower end to the main frame of the machine in the same vertical plane as its upper pivot, a shift key lever and operating connections independent of the toggle stopA between it and the shift frame, whereby the members of the toggle are moved into a right line when the shift frame is raised by the shift-key and act as a stop to limit the upward movement of the shift frame. i A 2. In a typewriting machine, a carriage shift frame and a stop for arresting the upward movement thereof comprising a toggle pivotally connected at its upper end to the, shift frame and'at its lower end to the -main frame of the machine in the same vertical plane as its upper pivot, an eccentric adjusting connection at one end of the toggle, a shift key lever and operating connections independent of the toggle stop between it and the shift frame, whereby 4the members of the toggle are4 m'oved into a right line when the shift frame is raised by the shift-key and thus limit the upward movement 'csfth ,shiftframe.

5%. In' a typewrit'mg machine, a carriage shiftfr'ame andai stop, for arresting' the up ward'mo ement thereof comprising a toggle connected to the shift frame and the main frame of the machine, a shift key lever'and operating "connections between it and the shift frame, a bar pivotally connected at one end to the shift keylever vand having av slotted v(merling at the other end embracing the studff'ef the central connection of the toggle, whereby the members of the togglev iiare moved into right line when the shift frame is raised by the shift key andthus limit the upward movement o f the shift frame.

4. In a-Atypewriting'f machine, a carriage 1,21 natia shift frame and a stop for arresting the upward movement thereof comprising a toggle connected to the shift frame and the main frame ofthe machine, a shift key lever and operating connections between it and the shift frame, a bar having a slotted opening at one end embracing the stud ofthe central connection of the toggle, an eccentric connection joining the other end of the bar to the shift key lever, whereby the members of the toggle are moved into a right line when the shift frame is raised by the shift key and thus limit the upward movement ofthe shift frame and whereby. the central joint of the toggle is moved rearwardly by the bar when the shift key is released. i v

in .a typewriting machine, a carriage shift frame and a stop .for arresting the upward movement thereof comprising'a toggle connected t0 the shift frame and the-main frame of the machine, an eccentric adjusting connection at one end of the toggle, a shift key lever and operating connections between it and the shift frame, a bar having a slotted opening at one end embracing the studJ of the centrol connection of the toggle, an eccentric connection joining the other end of the bar to the shift key lever, whereby the members of the toggle are moved into a right line when the shift frame is raised by the shift key and thus limit the upward movement of the shift frame and whereby the ycentral joint of the toggle is moved realwardly by the bar when the shift key is released.

6. in a typewriting machine, the combination of the carriage shift frame, means for raising and lowering it vertically, astop device for limiting the upward movement of A'the carriage vshift frame-comprising vertically arranged toggle levers pivotally connected with `the carriage shift frame vand with the mainframe of the machine, and vmeans operating upon said levers to prevent overthrow thereof when the carriage shift frame is raised.

7. 'in a typewriting machine, the combination of the carriage Shift frame, a key lever,l connections between said key lever and the carriageshift frame for raising land lowering it, toggle levers pivotally connected with the carriage shift frame and with theJ main frame of the machine and which. serve to limit the upward movement ofthe carriage shift frame, and a rodroperated by said key lever engaging the toggles and preventing overthrow thereof.

8. In a typewritingmachine, the combination of a carriage shift frame, levers on which it` is supported and by which it is v raised and lowered, key-lever mechanism forA operating said frame-supporting levers,

a Stop device comprising toggle levers one of ithich is pivotallv connected with the ca-rpivots, and' means for preventing overthrow ringe shift frame and the other with the ofsaid toggle levers.v

fixed frame of the machine and which when In testimony whereof, I have hereunto the carriage shift frame is in its lowermost subscribed my nme.4 position are loose -or not under strain but EDWARD B. HESS.

which when the carriage shift frame is elel iitnesses: rated are straightened to aline-with a verticl C. MYERS, @lane passing through their 'upper ancl lower GEORGE F. HANDLEY.

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